Kyra Vashenko-Chao is one of the main protagonists of Amazon Prime Video's adaptation of the Alex Rider book series. She is the daughter of the wealthy couple Andriy Vashenko and Nuo Chao, Alex's eventual girlfriend, Tom's best female friend, and a skilled hacker. She first met Alex at the Point Blanc Academy, with they're friendship evolving into a romance.
She is a completely original character to the TV series and replaces Sabina Pleasure as Alex's love interest.
Computer Sciences: Kyra is an immensely skilled computer specialist and hacker. She was acknowledged as one of the best hackers by her boyfriend Alex, especially considering how he asked her to go to Smithers, showing how much he values them.
Skilled Hacker: Kyra can hack into any digital devices and networks by gaining unauthorized access to an account or computer system. At just sixteen years old, Kyra managed to crash the stock market as a particle joke which ultimately led to her being incarcerated at the private school. She also hacked into the mainframe of Point Blanc's computer software, Damien Cray's video game The Feathered Serpent but it required the work of her friend Alex and Tom's computer lab and putting Alex on the guest list so he could infiltrate Julia's house.
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Vashenko is driven from the Ukrainian last name Vashchenko (Ukrainian: Ващенко), also transliterated Vaschenko. It's an eastern Slavic surname with the suffix "-enko", which could potentially imply "son of".[1]
The name Chao, originating from Chinese, holds significant historical and modern-day usage. Known for its meaning of "Surpassing," Chao carries a sense of excellence and superiority. This fits nicely for Kyra because she did come from a wealthy family and surpasses other people's expectations.[2]
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Kyra and Alex discover the masks that their made their doppelgangers.